Every time I’d read about the stone circles, it would describe how they worked as an astronomical observance. For example, some of the circles are oriented so that at the winter solstice, the sun will strike a standing stone. Diana Gabaldon Read Quote
For me, Test cricket at its best is all about ebb and flow of initiative, and it’s always a fascinating moment of the match for me when one sides snatches it from the other. Jonathan Agnew Read Quote
We have a choice in Silicon Valley. We can either continue to exist as an island to ourselves, focused on wealth creation and innovation… or we can understand that we are in the middle of a software revolution and answer the nation’s call to provide economic opportunity and technology to places left behind. Ro Khanna Read Quote
Some people have human muses – mine is a city. I feel a startling ambivalence towards London, but for better or worse my work has come utterly to depend upon it. Will Self Read Quote
My intent was to go to law school… And then what I realised quickly is what I wanted was to be on L.A. Law. Kevin Rahm Read Quote
The essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you’re trying to accomplish. Michael Porter Read Quote
I think we live in delusional times, whether it’s with a great ability to totally distract ourselves with technology, or with speed and the velocity of life. Michael Leunig Read Quote
All of us roughly know what memory is. I mean, memory is sort of the storage of the past. It’s the storage of our personal experiences. It’s a very big deal. Daniel Kahneman Read Quote
Thankfully, dreams can change. If we’d all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses. Stephen Colbert Read Quote